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Tetradactyl Brachymeles Redescription

September 15, 2011 2:57 pm Published by

We redescribe the exceedingly rare, tetradactyl Philippine scincid lizards of the genus Brachymeles. Before the recent discovery of a second museum specimen of Brachymeles wrighti, and the...

Redescription of Two Brachymeles

September 15, 2011 2:53 pm Published by

Brachymeles bicolor (Gray 1845), from the Sierra Madre Mountain Range of Luzon Island, and Brachymeles pathfinderi Taylor 1925, from southern Mindanao Island, are among the most distinctive...

Brachymeles Species Diversity and Biogeography

September 15, 2011 2:48 pm Published by

The spectacular, virtually endemic radiation of Philippine semi-fossorial skinks of the genus Brachymeles represent one of the few radiations of scincid lizards to possess both fully limbed...

Evidence of Complex Character Re-evolution

September 12, 2011 8:55 pm Published by

Evolutionary simplification, or loss of complex characters, is a major theme in studies of body-form evolution. The apparently infrequent evolutionary reacquisition of complex characters has led to...

First Froglet Observations of Rare Limestone Frog

September 12, 2011 8:52 pm Published by

Platymantis spelaeus is endemic to southern Negros Island, Philippines, and is one of four recognized species of Philippine limestone forest frogs. While conducting fieldwork in the Philippines,...

Philippine River Toads: Geography and Conservation

September 12, 2011 8:49 pm Published by

We investigated phylogeography of Philippine slender toads (genus Ansonia) and used a temporal framework for diversification, statistical tests of alternate topologies, and Bayesian approaches to test previous...